Important: these packages are not Debian official packages; please read instructions below before using these repositories.

Installation instructions

You must use apt, apt-get or aptitude to install the packages (with sudo or as "root" user).
The following examples use sudo and apt.

Required packages

The following packages must be installed:

$ sudo apt install ca-certificates

Note: in some Linux distributions, the package gpg-agent is called gnupg-agent.

PGP key

Import the PGP key used to sign the repositories:

$ sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
$ curl --silent https://weechat.org/dev/info/debian_repository_signing_key_asc/ | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/weechat.asc

APT configuration

Create a weechat.list file with the repository, according to your distribution/version:

Note: the second command line is optional, it is used to download source packages.

Resynchronize your package index files:

$ sudo apt update

Packages installation

Install the binary packages; the "plugins" package is highly recommended but not mandatory, scripting API packages are optional (popular languages are python and perl).

Example for the stable version:

$ sudo apt install weechat-curses weechat-plugins weechat-python weechat-perl

Example for the development version:

$ sudo apt install weechat-devel-curses weechat-devel-plugins weechat-devel-python weechat-devel-perl

If needed, you can download the source package in order to rebuild binary packages:

$ apt source weechat-devel

Overview

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Debian
4.7.0-1~dev20250427
amd64, i386
4.7.0-1~dev20250427
amd64, i386
4.6.2-1, 4.7.0-1~dev20250427
amd64, arm64, armhf, i386
4.6.2-1
amd64, arm64, armhf, i386
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Ubuntu
4.7.0-1~dev20250427
amd64, arm64
4.6.2-1, 4.7.0-1~dev20250427
amd64, arm64
4.6.2-1, 4.7.0-1~dev20250427
amd64, arm64
4.6.2-1
amd64
4.6.2-1
amd64

Detail

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Debian “sid” (unstable)
deb [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/weechat.asc] https://weechat.org/debian sid main
deb-src [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/weechat.asc] https://weechat.org/debian sid main
weechat-devel 4.7.0-1~dev20250427 amd64 14 files
weechat-devel 4.7.0-1~dev20250427 i386 14 files
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Debian “trixie” (testing)
deb [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/weechat.asc] https://weechat.org/debian trixie main
deb-src [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/weechat.asc] https://weechat.org/debian trixie main
weechat-devel 4.7.0-1~dev20250427 amd64 14 files
weechat-devel 4.7.0-1~dev20250427 i386 14 files
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Debian “bookworm” (stable)
deb [arch=amd64,i386,arm64,armhf signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/weechat.asc] https://weechat.org/debian bookworm main
deb-src [arch=amd64,i386,arm64,armhf signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/weechat.asc] https://weechat.org/debian bookworm main
weechat-devel 4.7.0-1~dev20250427 amd64 14 files
weechat-devel 4.7.0-1~dev20250427 arm64 14 files
weechat-devel 4.7.0-1~dev20250427 armhf 14 files
weechat-devel 4.7.0-1~dev20250427 i386 14 files
weechat 4.6.2-1 amd64 14 files
weechat 4.6.2-1 arm64 14 files
weechat 4.6.2-1 armhf 14 files
weechat 4.6.2-1 i386 14 files
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Debian “bullseye” (oldstable)
deb [arch=amd64,i386,arm64,armhf signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/weechat.asc] https://weechat.org/debian bullseye main
deb-src [arch=amd64,i386,arm64,armhf signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/weechat.asc] https://weechat.org/debian bullseye main
weechat 4.6.2-1 amd64 14 files
weechat 4.6.2-1 arm64 14 files
weechat 4.6.2-1 armhf 14 files
weechat 4.6.2-1 i386 14 files
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Ubuntu “plucky” (25.04)
deb [arch=amd64,arm64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/weechat.asc] https://weechat.org/ubuntu plucky main
deb-src [arch=amd64,arm64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/weechat.asc] https://weechat.org/ubuntu plucky main
weechat-devel 4.7.0-1~dev20250427 amd64 14 files
weechat-devel 4.7.0-1~dev20250427 arm64 14 files
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Ubuntu “oracular” (24.10)
deb [arch=amd64,arm64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/weechat.asc] https://weechat.org/ubuntu oracular main
deb-src [arch=amd64,arm64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/weechat.asc] https://weechat.org/ubuntu oracular main
weechat-devel 4.7.0-1~dev20250427 amd64 14 files
weechat-devel 4.7.0-1~dev20250427 arm64 14 files
weechat 4.6.2-1 amd64 14 files
weechat 4.6.2-1 arm64 14 files
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Ubuntu “noble” (24.04)
deb [arch=amd64,arm64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/weechat.asc] https://weechat.org/ubuntu noble main
deb-src [arch=amd64,arm64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/weechat.asc] https://weechat.org/ubuntu noble main
weechat-devel 4.7.0-1~dev20250427 amd64 14 files
weechat-devel 4.7.0-1~dev20250427 arm64 14 files
weechat 4.6.2-1 amd64 14 files
weechat 4.6.2-1 arm64 14 files
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Ubuntu “jammy” (22.04)
deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/weechat.asc] https://weechat.org/ubuntu jammy main
deb-src [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/weechat.asc] https://weechat.org/ubuntu jammy main
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Ubuntu “focal” (20.04)
deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/weechat.asc] https://weechat.org/ubuntu focal main
deb-src [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/weechat.asc] https://weechat.org/ubuntu focal main